Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-12

if he does he Will guess the rest; oeSlueS,
for all | know, he may be dead ana buried
bv now. | shall have to W you Tor Tie
| stamp. | think it's threepence. III pay
Won wbea we meet again-that Is, II We
ever dn meet again. I'm beginning to
think that this siege VIII go on LOT ",
eternity. There, good-by, my dear! God
bless YOU! When you get u oil II, hlhu
YOU write to the Times, Ill London, you
know. There. don't cry. | am +
should not crv if were going to get u oil
this place." for at this point jess took the
~onnortunity of Mrs. Neville's tervent EN-
brace 10 burst out into a sob or two.
In another minute they were IN the cart,
and NIouti was scrambling up behind.
.,Don't cry, old girl, :" said John, laying
his hand upon her shoulder. What cant
be cured must be endured.
"Yes. John" she answered, aud dried
her tears.
and explained the circumstances oil his de
norture. At first the officer who was tenn
nnrorlly in command-the commandment
having been wounded ut the same time
that Iobu was-rlther demurrcd TO his
roiur especially when he learned that he
had nusscd his word not to carry dispatches.
Presently, however, he thought better Of
it, and said he supposed that II was all
RIGHT as he could not see that their going
could do the garrison any harm: rather
the reverse, in fact, because you can tell
the people how we are getting on in this
God forsaken hole. | only wish that some
body would give me Il pass, that's ALL
whereupon John shook hands with him
and LEFT, to find an eager crowd gathered
outside.
The news of their going had got abroad,
and everybody was running down TO hear
the truth of il. Such an event rs n depar-
ture out of Pretoria had not happened for
a couple of months and more, and the eN-
element was propOrtiOnate to its novelty.
Il say, Mel, is it true you are going?'
halloaed ont Il burly farmer.
''How the duce did you get a pass put
in another man with 4 face like a weasel.
He was what is known asa "boer Nernu-
ker" literally, a "Bocr cheater'), that is,
travelling trader whose business 1t is to
bepuile the supplemented DutChman by
selling him worthless goods at five times
their cost. IL have loads of friends among
the Beers. There is hardly a BOer in the
TranSvaal who does not know me'-l"TO
his cost" put in b%ystandeT, with a grunt)
vet have tried all ! know
And YOU know a good deal, y said the
rude MAINLAND / can't getapaSs.'
"You don't suppose those poor Beers are
Going 10 let YOU out when once they have
GOT you iu?' went ou the tormentor.
''Why, man, it's against human nature.
You've got all their wool: now do you
think they want you to have their SKIN
too
Whercupon the weaseI-Eaced individual
gave n howl of wrath, and pretended to
make arush at the author of these random
gibcs, waiting halfway for somebody to
stop him and prevent a breach of the peace.
''Oh, Miss CrOitI' cried out a woman IN
the crowd, who, like Jess, had been trap
ped in Pretoria while on II flying visit, iii
YOU can get a line down to INV husband ut
NIuritzburg, to tell him that | am well, cN-
cept for the rheumatism, from sleeping ON
the wet ground; and tell HIM to KISS the
twins for me-
Il say. Mel. tell those Beers that we
will 1--WE them a id good hiding yet,
when Collcv relieves us sung out ajolly
young Euglishman in the uniform of the
Pretoria C~arbinecrs. lie little knew that
Collcy-kindhcarted English gentle
man that he waS-waS sleeping peacefully
under slx feet of ground with Il lioer bullet
through his brain.
Now, Captain Mel, if you are ready,
We must trek" said one of the Beers in
suiting the action to the word by
the nrlr-wheeler a sharp cut with
his riding siambOck that made him Jump
out Of the traces.
Away started the horses with Il plunge,
scattering the crowd to the right and left,
aud, amid 4 yullcy of flrewells, they were
of upon their homeward journey.
For more than an hour nothing parti-
cular happened. John drove on at Il fair
pace, and the two Beers cantered along he
hind. At the end of this time, however,
lust rs they were approaching the !'ad
House, where Frank Muller had obtained
the pass from the general on the prylouS
day. one of the Beers rode up and old
thin, roughly enough, that they were to
outspan at the house, where they would
yet some food. As it was past one o'clock,
they were by no means sorry to hear this,
and accordingly, John drew up the cart
about fifty yards from the place, and they
proceeded to get the horses out, and, hay
ing watched them roll and drink, proceeded
to the house.
The two Beers. who had also off-Saddled,
were already sitting on the veranda, and
when Jess looked %inIuiringly towards
them, one of them pointed with his pipe
towards the little room. Taking the hint,
they entered, and found Il llottentot wO-
man lust setting some food upon the table.
Here is dinner; let us eat it," said
John; goodness knows when we shall get
any morel" and, accordingly, he sat down.
A. he did 80 the two Beers came in, and
one of them made some sneering remark
that made the other look ut them and
laugh insultingly.
John flushed up, but took no notice. In
deed, he thought it safest not, Tor, to tell
the truth, he did not much like the APP
pearance of these two worthless. One OF
them was a big, smooth, pasty-taced man,
with "a peculiarly %villaimOus expression Of
countenance and Il prominent tooth that
projected in CHASTITY isolation over his lower
lip. The other was Il small man, with a
SardOnic smile and Il prOiusiou of black
beard and whlskers on his face, and long
hair hanging on to his shoulders. Indeed,
when ne smiled more vigorously than
usual, his eyebrows came down and his
whiskers advanced, and his muStache went
mp till there was scarcely any face lift, and
ne looked more like a great bearded mon
key than a man. This man was Il BOer of
the widest type from the far hoarders of
/outpansbcrg, aud did not understand a
word Of English. Jess niCk-namcd him
the Nildcrbccstc, from his likeness to that
Notwithstanding and hairy animal. The
other man, on the contrary, understood
English perfectly, for he had passed many
years of his lie in Natal, having left that
colony on account OF some little indisCre-
ton about thrashing KaftirS that had
brought him into collision with the penal
laws. Him less named the Unicorn, on
account of his one cleaning tuSk.
The Unicorn was an unusually piOuS
man, and on arriving at the table he. to
Johns establishment, gently hut firmly
grasped the knife with which he was